Practical syntheses of triacylglycerol regioisomers containing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

BH Fraser, P Perlmutter, C Wijesundera

Index: Fraser, Benjamin H.; Perlmutter, Patrick; Wijesundera, Chakra JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 2007 , vol. 84, # 1 p. 11 - 21

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Abstract

Abstract Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22: 6n-3) is known to protect against a range of degenerative disease conditions and aid in the development of eye and brain function in infants. In dietary lipids DHA is found primarily in the triacylglycerol (TAG) form. However, the effects of the positional distribution of DHA in TAG on lipid functional properties such as bioactivity and oxidative stability are not clearly understood. Studies on this subject for the ...